count number of occurrences of character in string
public class CountStringOccurence { public static void main(String[] args) { int count= countOccurences("aaassssddadad",'s'); System.out.println(count); } private static int countOccurences(String word, char character){ int count = 0; for(int i = 0; i < word.length(); i++){ if(word.chartAt(i) == character){ count++; } } return count; } }